HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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crew members on cargo ships
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cloth weavers in textile mills
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staff reporters for local newspapers
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legal counselors in state courts
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Detailed explanation-1: -The textile industry in America began in New England during the late 18th century. By 1820, mills had spread south into Virginia and Kentucky and the first mill town was established in Massachusetts.
Detailed explanation-2: -This was the so-called Rhode Island or outwork system. Female domestic workers dominated this form of textile production at the beginning of the nineteenth century, producing more than two-thirds of the clothing manufactured in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the mills were located in the Northeast.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Jefferson’s embargo on British manufactured goods from late 1807 to early 1809 (discussed in a previous chapter) spurred more New England merchants to invest in industrial enterprises. By 1812, seventy-eight new textile mills had been built in rural New England towns.